Recipe: Perfect Creamy Leek Soup

Creamy Leek Soup.

You can cook Creamy Leek Soup using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy Leek Soup

1. Prepare 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
2. You need 4 of large leeks.
3. You need 4-5 of garlic cloves.
4. Prepare 7 cups of chicken or vegetable stock.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of rice (or a small potato).
6. It's 2 of medium bay leaves.
7. Prepare of Salt.
8. You need of Cayenne pepper (optional).
9. Prepare of Ground white pepper.
10. It's of Plain Greek yogurt (optional).
11. You need of Chives, for garnish.

Creamy Leek Soup instructions

1. Clean and slice the leeks..
2. Chop chives..
3. Peel garlic, remove the germ (green inner sprout) if any, and mince..
4. In a large pot, heat oil at medium temperature and add the leeks and a dash of salt. Stir to coat leeks in oil. Cook for 6 minutes stirring occasionally..
5. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes, stirring..
6. Add stock, bay leaves, rice, and a dash of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes..
7. Remove from heat, add ground white pepper and cayenne, if desired. Purée with an immersion blender until smooth..
   
8. Serve hot or cold with plain Greek yogurt, if desired, and chopped chives..